Unlocking the Secrets: Testing Animal Manure Compost for Your Vegetable Garden!

Increase your soil fertility, structure and health by incorporating animal manure compost into your fertilising and feeding routine. BUT, should you be using animal manures in the garden and what are some of the risks?

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Animal manures, the most common of which are cow, horse and chicken manure, can be a powerful addition to the garden if a few very important steps are taken. Firstly, one of the biggest challenge with animal manure composts and mulches are that they can burn plant. This is often due to incorrect or incomplete composting. If animal manure is not well aged or well composted then you run a risk of causing damage to your crops you cover with manure.

Secondly, and more importantly, are the risks for having persistent and broad leaf herbicides and other damaging chemicals in the manure. These kinds of chemicals bypass the animal digestive system and into their manure. These chemicals are also not broken down during the composting process, which means you run the risk of it getting into, and damaging, your vegetable garden.

FAQ's on animal manures 👇

What are the advantages of using manure in the vegetable garden?
Animal manures are a very fertile for of composting that adds a lot of nutrients, organic matter and structure into the soil. The good quality nutrients that manures release create very health and well balanced plants and nutrient dense fruits and vegetables.

What are the disadvantages of using manure in the vegetable garden?
It is not all moonshine and roses when it comes to using manure as a compost in your vegetable garden. There are 2 main issues that are associated with using animal manure as a compost or mulch that can quickly cause a lot of damage in your garden. These include incorrectly composted manure and bringing in tainted manure. Both of these can very quickly turn your fertile, living soil into a soil that is tainted with chemicals and herbicides.

Can I use animal manure in my vegetable garden?
Yes, absolutely you can! Animal manures add a lot of value to your vegetable garden by adding in a lot of nutrients, fertility and organic matter while reducing animal waste at the same time.

Video chapters 👇

00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - 1st way to test manure
03:36 - 2nd way to test manure

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